Monday, June 30, 2008

Safely in Kelowna

Timeline for today so far.1130-leave Port Coquitlam after the doctor's appointment (whee! a week of the antibiotics that taste like gah!)1230-Pass through Hope100-Coquihalla toll booth130-arrive Merritt, eat at A&W...they've got a decent veggie burger...who knew??215-leave Merritt (busy at the A&W)400-arrive in West Bank and try to find my Oma and Opa's old house.430-find the house by memory (10 years after the last time I was there!), take pictures500-find where I'm staying, unpack car515-phone around to let people know I'm here now534-get off phone, get into swim suit535- dive into pool...ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh538- hear thunder (pretty far away, but why take chances?)538 and thirty seconds- jump OUT of pool542-sudden massive rainfall and much closer thunder.544-get online

Time to figure out where I'm going for class tomorrow...or supper first? Hmmm.

What happened to the sunny Okanagon I've heard rumours about??

Holy crap, the rain is coming down like CRAAAAAAAAZY, and the lights are flickering. HOORAY FOR LAPTOP!!!!